| 100% | FUSE | 4 | What to light on a stick of dynamite |
| 84% | FUSE | 4 | What you light on a stick of dynamite |
| 59% | TNT | 3 | Letters on a stick of dynamite |
| 52% | FUSE | 4 | Lit part of a stick of dynamite |
| 49% | TNT | 3 | A stick of dynamite |
| 47% | TNT | 3 | Letters on a cartoon stick of dynamite |
| 47% | BADPR | 5 | What a spin doctor might be called on to take care of |
| 47% | ELEVEN | 6 | On a scale of 1 to 10, what one amp in "This Is Spinal Tap" goes to |
| 47% | CHEW | 4 | Work on a stick of gum |
| 45% | SPLIT | 5 | With 65-Across, chore on a winter to-do list ... and what appears in each set of circles |
| 44% | LOLLY | 5 | Candy on a stick, to Brits |
| 44% | ECOWARRIORS | 11 | Based on a common feature of their names, what 17-, 23-, 36- and 51-Across are well-suited to be? |
| 43% | THATSAKEEPER | 12 | Happy cry on a fishing trip, and what can be said about the end of the answer to each starred clue? |
| 43% | LOLLIPOP | 8 | Something to lick on a stick |
| 43% | TEN | 3 | On a scale of one to ___ |
| 43% | TEN | 3 | On a scale of one to __ |
| 43% | AURORA | 6 | Lights on top of a pole? |
| 42% | STANDBY | 7 | Amber light on a monitor to indicate sleeping mode |
| 41% | WINTERENDS | 10 | What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are |
| 41% | GRID | 4 | What's printed on a sheet of graph paper |
| 41% | STOP | 4 | What to do at a red light |
| 41% | MTETNA | 6 | What's found on a couple of plates in Italy? |
| 40% | STOP | 4 | What to do at a red traffic light |
| 40% | LAMP | 4 | Source of light on a desk |
| 40% | SEARS | 5 | What to "Come see the softer side of," in a slogan |
| 40% | BOUNCE | 6 | What you do on a trampoline; to quickly rebound |
| 40% | HIDDENTREASURE | 14 | What an X on a map might lead to |
| 40% | BAIT | 4 | What's put on a hook to attract fish |
| 40% | TITLEFIGHT | 10 | Brawl over what to call a piece of writing? |
| 40% | SCALE | 5 | "Rate the play on a ___ of one to ten." |